Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Quiz Yourself on the California Gold Rush

1. Who discovered gold in California on January 24, 1848?

James W. Marshall

James K. Polk

Johann A. Sutter

John C. Fremont

Nellie Bly

2. Who kicked off of the California Gold Rush almost a year after gold had been discovered?

Zachary Taylor

John C. Fremont

James K. Polk

James W. Marshall

Johann Sutter

3. What is the nickname that prospectors earned and that California maintains today?

48ers

Raiders

A's

49ers

Dodgers

4. What war allowed President Polk to secure a massive expansion of the United States?

Civil War

Revolutionary War

War of 1812

Spanish American War

Mexican American War

5. The Treaty of Cahuenga signed on July 13, 1847, gave what territory to the United States?

Alaska

California

Washington

Idaho

Texas

6. Editor and writer John L. O'Sullivan used what phrase to describe the United States' conquest of the West?

Westward Destiny

Manifest West

Manifest Destiny

Overland Campaign

Cowboy Destiny

7. How many people arrived in California the year after gold was discovered?

5,000

15,000

25,000

50,000

100,000

8. The completion of what route first enabled a speedy traverse from the east coast to the west coast?

Panama Railway

Panama Canal

Colombia Canal

Transatlantic Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad

9. The number of immigrants to the United States was particularly high from what country, which had nicknamed the U.S. "the Gold Mountain"?

Ireland

France

Chile

China

Turkey

10. When all was said and done, how many tons of gold were found during the Gold Rush?

100

250

300

350

375